Yesterday, while trying to figure out a faster way to finish backstroke, I swam head-first right into the wall. I actually saw stars while experiencing the unique sensation of hearing my own skull tile at full speed. The good news is that IS a relatively fast way to complete a race, and I’m a pretty [...]
Archive for the ‘Obey Your Masters’ Category
15 Dec
And, we’re back
I didn’t mean to leave that last post up at the front for so long, but I hope you all had a chance to go out and buy great cereal and milk and enjoy it all weekend long while I was away. Friday morning, I woke up to feed the cats around 5am, and I [...]
10 Dec
“It’s like having a piano tied to your back”
The subject of this post is a quote from Dara Torres, talking about how it feels to train for a swim meet when you’re tired, especially if you’re not a spring chicken. Of course, she was talking about the most famous swim meet of all, the one known as The Olympics. I’m training for an [...]
31 Oct
Boo!
Happy Halloween everyone! I hope, even if you’re not a huge fan of the holiday, you’re having a spookily good time today! Despite being slightly peeved about having to spend money on candy for random kids, I do have some fondness for the holiday. After all, there’s nothing like a good scare every once and [...]
27 Oct
This Weekend
This weekend, I had both a craving for roasted pumpkin seeds and a need to support my favorite Presidential candidate in a creative way. So I killed two birds with one stone. First the seeds: I took the yeild from one pumpkin, which was 2 cups, after sorting out all the gunk. I mixed them [...]
24 Oct
Eat my bubbles
I’ve got another swim meet coming up this Sunday. It’s a really small one up in the Adirondacks, so I’m only swimming in five events. I’m not certain if this race rewards swimmers with medals or ribbons, but either way, I’m guaranteed to place first in my age group in four events. But as for [...]
3 Oct
14502 X 4, then turn your calculator upsdide down
Other than becoming faster, wetter, and always late for work, there’s only one other significant thing that is different about my life since joining the swim team over a year ago. And that’s the fact that I’m now totally comfortable with naked time in the shower after practice. The other gals and I often have [...]
14 Aug
I gots the fever
I really should have signed up to get cable before these Olympics. But instead I’ve been visiting friends, or trying to watch videos online here and there. I love all the events, particularly the obscure ones like badminton and judo. But swimming is by far and away my favorite, especially since I’ve been swimming competitively [...]
28 Jul
Empire State Games wrap-up
As expected, I was the only woman in my age group at the Empire State Games masters swim competition. I swam seven events, and had kick-ass times in all of them. So now, the question is: What do I do with seven gold medals? So pretty, they are, with the ESG logo on the front [...]
22 Jul
Going for gold
Call me Noelle “Michael Phelps” Tannenbaum, because it seems I’m in line to win seven gold medals at the Empire State Games this coming weekend. And how is that possible for this girl who only started swimming competitively a mere four months ago? Default, baby! They just posted the rosters, and it appears that I’m [...]
